Why do You Work So Hard to Come Up with an Excuse Not to Go?

Nothing improves your creativity and worldview like travel. I travel three to five months a year and have done every year since I was eighteen, forty years ago. Most of my friends are willing to hook up with me for a few days but seldom do they manage more. I have noticed that with a majority of people there is always an excuse for not being able to do anything for more than a few days perhaps even you…

You’d love to travel but…

You can’t just up and leave right now because …

Your mother is 77 (she will ultimately die of a heart attack at 101 while trying to get in her 10,000 steps for the day)

You have a job (not a job you love or even like but heck it’s a job. In my early years, I simply quit each summer and got a new one when I came back. Then I was self-employed so I could do what I wanted. There are lots of jobs, in lots of places, you might even love some of them unlike the job you have now)

Your friends are all here (real friends will still be there when you come back, or like me even if you don’t co0me back. I’ve had the same four best friends since I was 12 and I live 3500 miles away, we still hook up every year)

You have a dog (there are kennels, dog sitters, and friends)